Browsing by Author "Mihiranga, A"

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Computer-Vision Enabled Waste Management System for Green Environment
(IEEE, 2021-12-09) Hewagamage, P; Mihiranga, A; Perera, D; Fernando, R; Thilakarathna, T; Kasthurirathna, D
Waste management has become a critical requirement to maintain a green environment in Sri Lanka as well as other countries. Town councils have to regularly collect different types of wastes to clean cities/towns. Hence managing the waste of the cities is a challenging task. However, most of the urban councils currently use a manual approach to managing waste. However, it results in many difficulties for the people and cleaning staff who involve in the process by following strict guidelines. Issues due to waste contamination, no proper information management of waste collection, and no punctuality in removing waste from the garbage bins are some of the significant issues arising from the manual process. Due to the drawbacks of the manual approach, social issues, environmental issues, health issues can occur easily. This paper proposes a better solution to replace this manual system with an automated system to overcome these issues. Hence, the main objective of this research is to introduce an ICT-based innovative design that can be used to develop an effective waste management system in town councils. In the proposed model, we will introduce a Computer Vision-based smart waste bin system with real-time monitoring that incorporates various technologies such as computer vision, sensor-based IoT devices, and geographical information system (GIS) related technologies. Our proposed solution consists of a waste bin system, which is capable of automated waste segregation. Our design facilitates the admin users to expand the waste bin kit by adding more waste categories in a user-friendly manner, making our product adaptive in any environment. At the same time, waste bins can notify the real-time waste status. Our system generates the optimum collection routing path and displays it in a mobile app using those real-time status details. We also demonstrate a low-cost prototype.
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Digital Tool for Prevention, Identification and Emergency Handling of Heart Attacks
(IEEE, 2021-09-30) Mihiranga, A; Shane, D; Indeewari, B; Udana, A; Nawinna, D. P; Attanayaka, B
Heart attack is one of the most frequent causes of death in adults. The majority of heart attacks lead to death before any treatment is given to patients. The conventional mode of healthcare is passive, whereby patients themselves call the healthcare services requesting assistance. Consequently, if they are unconscious when heart failure occurs, they normally fail to call the service. To prevent patients from further harm and save their lives, the early and on-time diagnosis important. This paper presents an innovative web and mobile solution designed using it as Internet of Things (IoT) technology and Machine learning concepts to effectively manage heart patients, the ‘CARDIIAC’ system. This system can predict potential heart attack based on a set of identified risk factors. The system also can identify an actual heart attack using the readings from a wearable IoT device and notify the patient. The system is also equipped with emergency event coordination functionalities. Therefore, ‘CARDIIAC’ provides a holistic care for heart patients by effectively monitoring and managing emergencies related to heart diseases. This would be a socially important system to reduce the number of heart patients who die due to the inability to get immediate treatment.
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SMART Garbage Bin Kit Expandable and Intelligent Waste Management System using Deep Learning and IoT for Modern Organizations
(IEEE, 2021-12-02) Hewagamage, P.; Perera, D; Thilakarathna, T; Kasthurirathna, D; Fernando, R; Mihiranga, A
According to published statistics, Sri Lanka produces garbage around 7000MT per day, and every organization directly contributes this national amount depending on the waste management practices. 'Waste contamination' is a critical issue that affects waste management, and it should be addressed during the garbage collection process. This has led to environmental hazards resulting in health and other social issues. Hence, it is a responsibility of an organization to separate the garbage during the collection process using a suitable technique. In this paper, we are proposing a smart garbage bin kit that automates the separation of garbage collection, which minimizes human error using AI-based technologies. IoT-based devices connected to a smart garbage bin kit guide the user to the correct bin. At the same time, our proposed system can be easily expanded for new special waste categories as well. The other important issue of the current garbage management is improper time management of the garbage removal process in organizations. This happens due to the lack of real-time data on waste bins, and collection is based on the fixed time interval irrespective of the status and location of garbage bins. In the proposed system of SMART Garbage Bin Kit, the group of all interconnected garbage bins is monitored in real-time to identify the optimum collection path considering the location and the status of garbage bins using an optimized algorithm. Hence, the study presented in this paper integrates several intelligent approaches together with IoT based network to build a cutting-edge device, declared as SMART Garbage Bin kit. The prototype system has been built as a part of the research study to demonstrate its feasibility and sustainability.